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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “caretakes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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73 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
caretakes154714(None) 
caretake1446771caretake_
caretaken1543631caretaken
caretaker1545091caretaker
caretakers1644501caretakers
caritases1139762caritases
cartages11313312car_tages
partakes1449922par_takes
retakes113718862__retakes
acetates102013063_acetates
acreages1138373acre_ages
aretes64425353_aret__es
betakes134212523__betakes
cabotages1444853cabotages
canebrakes1843553canebrakes
canewares1447363canewares
carafes125015703car__afes
carapaces1546053carapaces
carapaxes2044833carapaxes
carates95630613car__ates
carcases12313093car_cases
cardcases1446513cardcases
caresses10314063care_sses
caretaking1765333caretaking
caretakings1852903caretakings
carets85330773caret___s
carfares13310323car_fares
caritas93316963carita__s
carmaker1637313car_maker
carmakers1736923car_makers
carnages11312213car_nages
carotenes11410203carotenes
carriages1238333carriages
cartage10312593car_tage_
cartes86239473car_t__es
caseases10410473case_ases
caseates10313713case_ates
casemates1349523casemates
casettes1039653caset_tes
catenates11311813catenates
cavitates14168963cavitates
cetanes9315133c__etanes
corelates11314863corelates
corncakes1745013corncakes
corotates112714283corotates
crakes124921813c_r__akes
creaked143413233c_re_aked
creaks124315963c_re_ak_s
creases94020963c_re_ases
creates95225203c_re_ates
cremates124216003c_remates
curettages1342353curettages
curettes1039313curet_tes
namesakes1543233namesakes
overtakes16119823overtakes
parataxes1846393parataxes
parbakes1638343par_bakes
parentages1345483parentages
partake1339643par_take_
partaken1445553par_taken
partaker1436873par_taker
partakers1536563par_takers
prebakes1639013_prebakes
pretapes122811533_pretapes
remakes134116173__remakes
retake104718533__retake_
retaken113911803__retaken
retaker113714313__retaker
retakers123511133__retakers
retapes93917423__retapes
retaxes143615093__retaxes
rewakes144614983__rewakes
wapentakes1952253wapentakes

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641736.80021859.0
3Display Results73730.0302433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691737.26624592.8
 
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